Yearly Archives: 2013
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 11, 2013:
COLUMBUS — Kameron Wise, a New Philadelphia senior, will represent Tuscarawas County as a member of the Ohio 4-H Fashion Board in Columbus. Wise...
Fish Ohio program recognizes the big ones
Ohio’s sport fishing records are made to be broken; some sooner, some later, but eventually there’s always a bigger fish waiting to be caught....
Television: Do we really need it?
Let me preface this column by saying I most definitely could happily live far away from the world without a television. It is incomprehensible...
The Warbler Guide: A comprehensive resource
It’s not often I devote an entire column to a single new book, but The Warbler Guide, by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle (2013,...
USDA updating FSA systems
Hello again!
As you may or may not have noticed, FSA Andy was missing last week. Sorry about that — he was in Newfoundland bear...
Many reasons to plant cover crops
(By Cody Totten)
Cover crops have become of growing interest throughout Ohio and the Midwest in general. But why would a farmer who is already...
‘Farm and Food File’ celebrates 20 years
In yet another testament to the careful inattention this office consistently pays to the career of its founding (and, as ever, only) staff member,...
Grain market crash takes a breather
This is the middle of July and we should be seeing sunshine and 85 degree weather. My hope for great crops is gone.
Monthly webinar series on land use issues starts July 17
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new series of Web-based seminars offered by Penn State Extension will cover issues related to land use.
Kicking off July...
A farm bill without food stamps?
A separate bill for agriculture and food stamps brewing in the House.
